Ligeti's Cello For Unaccompanied Sonata "played The Main Points

Gyorgy Ligeti's"Sonate für Violoncello solo", is regarded as one of the representative works among the violoncello literatures in the 20'th century. It has carried out quite a lot innovation on techniques of both composing and cello performance. This thesis firstly gives an over view on the composer's life as well as the work's background. Then it discusses several important issues on the performance of this work, as well as the disposal of the playing technique. The variety of chord and theme is emphasized when it talked about the 1st movement;moving on the second, the exertion of playing technique and special music performance leads us to a thorough analysis and comprehension of the work. A systemic analysis and comparison on its four representative performances are also given in the last part of the thesis.